#CA9B36#CA9B36

#CA9B36 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.127 H 82.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA9B36
RGB	rgb(202, 155, 54)
HSL	hsl(41, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(41, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.3%, 73.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.72, 7.68, 56.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.72, 57.48, 82.33°)
OKLab	oklab(71.6% 0.016 0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(71.6% 0.127 82.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.7466, 36.2682, 8.5544)
Luminance	0.3627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA9B36 #3665CA

analogous

#CA5136 #CA9B36 #AFCA36

triadic

#CA9B36 #36CA9B #9B36CA

tetradic

#CA9B36 #36CA51 #3665CA #CA36AF

square

#CA9B36 #36CA51 #3665CA #CA36AF

split-complementary

#CA9B36 #36AFCA #5136CA

monochromatic

#6A511C #9A7629 #CA9B36 #D7B366 #E4CB97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#CA9B36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#CA9B36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA9B36

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA9B36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA9B36	1.00	2.54	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9B27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA73A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB8C87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca9b36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 155, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.127 82.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb873',
    500: '#ca9b36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca9b36;
$custom-light: #dfb873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca9b36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.946,
    "s": 58.268,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71598,
    "c": 0.12726,
    "h": 82.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA9B36

secondary

#8DA2CF

accent

#78E146

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA9B36

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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